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Academic leanings for a learning organization

Backend Bangalore Pvt Ltd is the first incubated company of the
International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (iiit-b). Since its
inception in year 2000 the Company has been developing and releasing specialized
software products for specific business verticals.

iiit-b is a world class IT University started by the Government
of Karnataka with active participation by industry, based in the Silicon Valley
of India, Bangalore. The Governing Council of iiit-b is chaired by Mr. N R
Narayana Murthy Chief Mentor of Infosys, has Prof. S Sadagopan as institute
Director and Mr. Gautam Hegde, founder of Backend Bangalore, as Governing
Council Member.

We build robust products and applications that can develop with
the changing requirements of the client and minimize the need for redevelopment.
Based on our collective industry experience we have developed a pioneering
software product platform encompassing all aspects of Engineering process,
end-to-end of Procurement process, Construction site execution, Monitoring &
Evaluation.

A dependable and trustworthy organization.

We are an organization which is highly responsive to customer
needs. We believe that technology is there to serve the end user. Our objective
is to enchance customer value and enable customer convenience.

Prime Movers of Backend

The team is led by Gautam Hegde, an engineer entrepreneur with
a rich academic and industry background. A postgraduate from
the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi,
Gautam Hegde is also a gold medalist alumni from the
first batch of postgraduates from the International Institute of
Information Technology, Bangalore. Currently he is a member
of the governing council of the Institute.

Gautam Hegde, is the driving force behind Backend's software
development programme along with a talented team of software
engineers and IT professionals.

Dr. KRISHNANANDA HEGDE

Researcher, Author, Professor of Mass Communication, career officer of Indian Information Service and former Editor of Daily Morning News.
Four decades of experience in the Mass Media. Areas of work: Historiography, Journalism, Broadcasting, Media Management, Press Relations, Advertising & Visual Publicity, Rural Communication, Public Relations and Film Censorship.
Author of nine books, he has travelled widely in India, Europe and the USA. Study of ancient cultures is his special area of interest.

Publications (Books)

Karl Marx: Life and Times (Kannada)
A Glimpse of Kannada Culture (English)
Anthology of Modern Tulu Poetry (Arlu Kabitelu Porlu Kabitelu) (ed) (Tulu)
Revered Teacher (Shikshanarangada Belaku) (ed) (Kannada)
European Travelogue (Europe Yatre) (Kannada)
A New Look at Classical Greece (English)
Bhagavad Gita: The Dialogue (English)
Voices at Dusk (English)
History of Bunts: Medieval Age to Modern Times (English)

VEENA HEGDE

Veena is a Civil Engineer from KREC, Suratkal (presently NITK). With vast experience in structural
design and construction management of infrastructure projects and having worked in some of the best
construction companies in the world Veena founded Backend along with Gautam with an objective of
addressing information systems for the construction industry leveraging information technology.

Veena does extensive voluntary work in Community Services driving initiatives in green methods of
waste disposal, senior citizens involvement in community and supporting an orphanage. She has worked
with challenged children for several years in Sophia Opportunity School on voluntary basis.

BALASUBRAMANIAN N K

Bala has 20+ years of global experience in Energy, Infrastructure, Insurance and
Healthcare industries. He was involved in establishing and successfully developing
a Swiss domiciled Insurance company focusing on risk management of large energy,
infrastructure, industrial projects and facilities world-wide.

Prior to his last venture, Bala worked to develop the large power projects business
for a leading multinational company in Asia & Middle East.
Bala is experienced in leading multifunctional and multicultural teams and in several
functional areas such as Marketing & Sales, Contracting, IT, Finance and Risk Management.
Bala is a mechanical engineer from KREC, Suratkal (presently NITK) with a post graduate
management qualification from the Indian Institute of Management (Calcutta) and is
currently based in Bangalore.

Bala mentors our business team in business strategy, management ethics & broad based
wealth creation.

GAUTAM HEGDE

The team is led by Gautam Hegde, an engineer entrepreneur with
a rich academic and industry background. A postgraduate from
the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi,
Gautam Hegde is also a gold medalist alumni from the
first batch of postgraduates from the International Institute of
Information Technology, Bangalore. Currently he is a member
of the governing council of the Institute.

Gautam Hegde, is the driving force behind Backend's software
development programme along with a talented team of software
engineers and IT professionals.

PROFESSOR S. SADAGOPAN

Professor Sadagopan is the Founder Director of the International Institute of
Information Technology - Bangalore, a new generation Institute, promoted jointly
by the Government of Karnataka and IT industry in 1999. Professor Sadagopan had
taught for more than two decades at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, (IITK),
considered to be the No. 1 Engineering School for decades and the IIM Bangalore, (IIMB),
that has in the recent years emerged as the No. 1 Business School in India. Professor Sadagopan
got his Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Madras University (that produced the Nobel Laureates
Raman & Chandrashekhar) in 1973. After a brief stint at the Consultancy firm M/S Engineers India Ltd.,
at New Delhi during 1973-1976, he moved to Purdue University, USA for his Master's and Doctoral degree
before returning to India to teach at IIT, Kanpur.

KOUSHIK H

Koushik H holds a Master of Computer Applications degree from Bangalore University
with more than a decade of software development experience spanning a variety of roles
in software development ranging and covering software development, System Analysis,
Design and Service Oriented Architecture for building complex Web 2.0 Rich Internet
Applications that are robust, scalable and secure. Koushik H is a great innovative thinker
and problem solver. He is instrumental in helping customers to implement solutions that get
the best results from their web applications.

SRINIVAS K

Srinivas holds a Master of Computer Applications degree from
Mangalore University. Srinivas K started his career in Backend
as a trainee programmer and went on to become an accomplished
developer in Web 2.0 Rich Internet Application. A state level
basketball player, he is also a key team player in development
of several complex web application applications.

SRINIDHI SR

Srinidhi holds MBA (Finance) degree from Indian Business School.
He also holds BE (Computer Science) from VTU.
Srinidhi has worked with various companies in various roles like business development, consultant, manager.
His people handling skills helps to maintain good relation with the clients.

GOPAL KORGAONKER

Gopal Korgoanker comes with a wide experience in Construction Industry.
Gopal’s expertise is in construction management. He is a keen planner and
implementation specialist for improving operational efficiency in
construction projects. He holds a Masters Degree in Structural Engineering from Karnataka University.

SUMA T

Suma T brings to Backend a wealth of experience.
In software development she has worked on a wide
spectrum of projects in developing web applications,
Database Management. Suma T is disciplined, self-motivated
and a great team player with a penchant for learning new technologies.
Suma T holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics from Mysore University.

AJAI SRIVASTAV

Ajai Srivastav is a business strategist with a career spanning over 26 years.
He has extensive work experience in the area of Marketing & Sales, Channel
Management customer service delivery, making technology work for customers
and Information technology management. His passion for the Management Systems
Business has provided him the acumen and expertise with which he drives the team
to deliver consistently beyond customer expectations.

His skills and know-how encompass IT assurance, IT Service management, Risk Management,
Compliance, Business Continuity, and Cybercrime. He is well-versed with international
standards such as ISO 27001, BS 25999, and ISO 20000.

S T PRAKASH

Prakash is a graduate in Civil Engineering from Mysore University & has more than 38
years of experience in industrial, township, infrastructure, roads and highways sectors.

His expertise lies in Project Management. He has worked in several major projects
in Karnataka, Maharashtra, UP and Bihar.

RAGHAVENDRA MIRAJKAR

Raghavendra holds a Master of Computer Applications degree from VTU.
Raghavendra started his career in Backend as a trainee developer,
his good programming skills and ability to learn new technologies has made him an accomplished developer in
developing Android and Web Applications.

BALAJI KUNCHAPU

Balaji is a B.Tech(Electronics & Communications) degree holder from JNTU, Anantapur. He started his career in Backend and has
good understanding in Project Management. He also plays a vital role in testing the applications and also communicates & co-ordinates in
various team activities.

ANIL KUMAR M H

Anil holds a Bachelor of Engineer degree in Information Science from VTU.
He has good understanding in programming fundamentals
and also tested various applications. He has given
hands-on training programs for the various software applications

RAVI K

Ravi is a Civil Engineer, with 20+ years of experience in Construction and Project Management.
He is a keen planner and implementation specialist for improving operational efficiency in
construction projects.

LOKESH K

Lokesh is a Civil Engineer and
has good knowledge in Construction and Project Management.
He plays a major role in executing project plan and monitoring day-to-day progress for
ensuring quality standards and productivity achieved

PAWAN KUMAR R

Pawan holds a M.Tech Degree from Malnad Engineering College and BE(Civil Engg) Degree from SIT college.
He handles day to day work, in coordination with the seniors and other team members.
He also has a good knowledge in STAAD-PRO,ETABS & AUTO CAD softwares.

THILAK RAJ

Thilak is a Civil Engineer with 13+ years of experience in infrastructure, roads and
highways sectors.
His expertise lies in Project Management. He has worked in several major projects
in Karnataka.

SUBRAMANYA HS

Subramanya, a Civil Engineering professional with 16+ years of experience in the field of Bridge, Highway Engineering including Building construction.
His experience as a Quality & Material Assurance Engineer helps in maintaining the Quality Standards during the construction.

SUNDRESH

Sundresh has more than 10 years of experience in Construction and Project Management.
He has vast techincal knowledge of contruction material designs required as per MORT&H and IRC standards.

TASKEEN FAROOQ

Taskeen is a Civil Engineer with nearly 6 years of experience in Highways and Road Sectors.
He is well versed in the Construction Quality aspects and has a good experience in Project Management.
He also plays a key role in co-ordinating with other team members and in preparing the reports.

ANUJ SHETTY

Anuj Shetty has a BE degree in Computer Science from NMAMIT, Nitte.
He plays an important role in testing of application and has a good knowledge in project management.

Degremont Suez Ltd

Degremont, a French major and world leader in Water Technologies is active in providing end to end solution across all fields of Water and Wastewater treatment.

Customer Need
Degremont required a system comprising Engineering System, Procurement System, and Construction Monitoring for managing its waste water treatment for monitoring globally distributed projects. Software development for Degremont’s waste water treatment involved collaborating with various levels of users at multiple locations.

Benefits
EPC system helped in project setup, document tracking, specification tracking, requisition tracking, to do list, correspondence tracking, document control and material control with other utilities. Degremont has been using it effectively since 2007.

IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd.

SMEC International Pvt Ltd

Idiom Design & Consulting Ltd

French Connection

Haymarket Publications

KEONICS

Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation Limited (KEONICS),has objective
of promoting electronics industries in Karnataka together with high quality infrastructure
for IT industries, spreading IT education and providing consultancy and certifications.

Customer Need
KEONICS required a web-based enterprise level software solution covering all functional
aspects of Procurement for creating a structured vendor database resulting in ease,
efficiency and simplification of procedures, demand aggregation and transparency
with reduction in cost of procurement with reduced time.

Backend Solution
Backend Developed Vyavastha e-Procurement System, a fully integrated and centralized
web-based enterprise level software solution for procurement comprising of vendor
registration with pre-qualification, procurement for goods and services, procurement
for works and auctions with in-built business process templates with powerful alerting
and messaging system.

Benefits
KEONICS is highly benefited through the use of Backend solution covering purchase
and tender based procurements together with all forms of procurement including auctions,
reverse auctions through a highly secure software interface.

Mangalore Special Economic Zone

Karnataka Minority Development Corporation

Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation

North East Karnataka Road Transport Corporation

Department of State Education & Training

The Department of State Educational Research and Training, (DSERT) aims at providing
academic leadership in school education as well as improving the quality of education
provided.

Customer Need
DSERT required a single system of mechanism for overseeing the implementation, monitoring
the progress, and targets. It is required to map the progress at every level of
local, district and state interface as an ongoing activity built into ICT@Schools
scheme.

Benefits
The system offers value added functionalities at each level in developing its infrastructure,
resources, capacity building and overall management of the scheme. The solution
offers a set of MIS and Dashboard that assist in timely decision making.

Directorate of Health & Family Welfare Services

Department of State Education Research & Training

Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences

Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) is a unitary university for the
regulation and promotion of higher education in health sciences.

Customer Need
RGUHS desired certification for an Information Security Management System (ISMS)
based on ISO/IEC 27001:2005 for a systematic approach to minimize the risk of unauthorized
access or loss of information and ensure the effective deployment of protective
measures for securing the information.

Backend Solution
Backend provided advisory and consulting services towards process adoption and implementation
of ISMS based on ISO/IEC 27001:2005 by working with RGUHS and built an ISMS based
on the requirements laid down in ISO/IEC 27001:2005 comprising of set of policies
concerned with information security management.

Benefits
As a result of ISMS implementation, RGUHS, is able to develop a comprehensive &
verifiable information security management strategy addressing organizational infrastructure
& related data protection activities with compliance to existing and future information
regulations.

Visveshwaraiah Technological University

Rajiv Gandhi University Of Health Sciences

International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore

Nitte University

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